Stray Hawkeye

Is it just me, or does Saturn’s moon Mimas look a lot like the Death Star?

Tangentially related (at least in my mind) – Nemesis, a hypothetical dwarf star that causes mass extinctions on Earth.

Ever wonder how much caffeine is in a cup of coffee?  Or how much more caffeine Mountain Dew has than Coke?  Or how those compare to milk, or Pimp Juice (I am also saddened that that is an actual product), or tea, or any of the other various energy drinks out there?  Here’s a site where you can see the caffeine content of each.  You can also hit the plus signs to add up how much caffeine you have in a day.

I’m not entirely sure what to do with this, but I thought it was interesting.  A while ago, I bookmarked this graphic on Wikipedia:

Source

Mainly, because I thought it was interesting that three of the top five largest (publicly traded) companies in the world are oil companies, and the fifth is a car manufacturer.

Jump forward a year (to the 2008 metrics), and the top four are exactly the same, in the exact same order.  Oh, but who’s in the five slot?  Toyota.  GM was at ninth.  And the rest of the top ten isn’t too short of oil companies either:

1. Wal-Mart
2. Exxon Mobil
3. Shell
4. BP
5. Toyota
6. Chevron
7. ING
8. Total (a European oil company)
9. GM
10. ConocoPhillips

Source: CNN Money via Wikipedia

I’m entertained. I love the hammer bit. And it would seem there’s more that a little bit in there for the ladies as well.

Somehow, even after reading several of the Sherlock Holmes stories lately, I always pictured Holmes as being notably older. Like in his late fifties or sixties. Not sure where I got that from.

Both with the Kindle, and this towel.  No word on if the corner of the towel is soaked with vitamins.

In other words, bankrupt.

If you’ve ever worked in IT, especially support, this is for you.

Via Ovablastic

I’m not going to even try to talk about the government’s involvement in the health care system here (at least for now), but it really made me laugh when I heard Wisconsin’s government sponsored health care program is called BadgerCare.

Found via News Cut.

Walkin’ Dog is not only a decent place to get a hot dog for lunch in downtown Minneapolis (it’s on the first floor of the Northstar Center, you know, with the Arbys, one of the 3 Subway, and the weird eye glass place that sells Girl Scout cookies, and now that I think of it, Twin Cities Bite (or something like that) in the same building on the ground floor is pretty good too), but they also have quite possibly the most entertaining hot dog place website I’ve seen.

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